The Cardiff Times

THE NEWPORT SOLICITOR'S DOG LICENCE. As a result of the vigilar.ee of the Inland Revenue officers stationed at Newport, a batch of seven Newjiorters were summoned to apjiear at Wednesday's police-court for neglecting to take out the necessary licences for their dogs. Amongst the nunibpr were Mr Louis fT. Hornby, solicitor. An officer stated that- he visited defendant's house on the'28th of .March, and found a dug in the passage. Airs Hornby stated that it was an oversight on the part of Mr Hornby. Mr Hornby objected to the statement being taken as evidence. Witness could not tell whether the lady he saw was Mra Hornby or MN Jones. (Laughter) The magistrates' clerk advised that any statement made by Mrs Hornby was not evidence. Mr Moid*-y, one of the magistrates, asked witness if he could identify the dog; his (Mr Mordey's) dog might have strayed into Mr Hornby's hall. (Laughter.) The supervisor stated the responsibility of proving the ownership of the dog found upon the pre- mises rested with Mr Hornby. The licence was taken out on April 5th. A former conviction for a similar offence was proved against Mr Hornby.-— The Supervisor pointed out that for a second offence the penalty could not be lees than 2!)q. The Mayor thereupon announced that defendant would be fined 25s, and in default of distress he would be sent to prison for 28 days. (Laughter.) The Mayor saia the bench recommended the Board of Inland Revenue to reduce the penalty.— Mr T. J. Beynon (magistrate): Can we give Mr Hornby time to pay? (Laughter.^—Fines were also imposed in several other oases.

NEWPORT HARBOUR COMMIS- SIONERS. Ab the monthly meeting of the members of the above commission, held at the offices, Newport, on Wednesday, the ex-mayor (Alderman Davis) presiding, the principal discussion arose as to the abandonment of the opposition to the new bye- law. enacted by the Alexandra Dock Company, with respect to petroleum vessels. The company's solicitors wrote that the Parliamentary committee of the Newport Corporation had abandoned the proposed opposition, and that the bye-law had been sanctioned by the Board of I Trade. It was necessary, however, to obtain confirmation of the bye-law from the judge of the Admiralty Division of th" Hfgii Court, and the solicitors wished to know whether the commissioners intended to pursue their oppo- sition.—Mr K J. Phillips thought that the com- missioners need not take further action, and made a proposition to that effect.—Mr M. Mordey said thu bye-law was a very foolish one, and he was certain it was going to injure the trade of New- port as far as regarded oil steamer". He knew of one or two instances already.—Mv Watson said the bye-law would never be carried ont-Mr I Mordey: No. certainly not. — Mr Wheeler fwoonded the proposal that no further action be taken, and this was agreed to. — The Chalrmntl said be regretted to olwerve that there had been a falling off in the receipts for the past month, but that a diminu- tion of trade hid been genera'.—The harbour dues were j327711< 61, againut £ 335 6->, for the cor- responding month of 1898-.—The Hftrboiu -ma'tt* reported as to two mishaps in the river, but for- tunately titttf damage was done in ene case, and none in the other. — he offiotal seal was ordered to be nffived to the agreement with the Alexandra Dock Company, for the dischaige,jby the Company of ships' ballast.—On the motion of the Chair- man, the clerk Was apixiinted (HMiding "Weer for the trtenuial election on the 5th June next.

THE PROPOSED CARDIFF LABOUR EXCHANGE. A me&ting of the executive committee of the Bristol 'Channel Timber Importers' Association was held at the Westgftte Hotel, Newport, on Wednesday afternoon, when further action towards the establishment of a free labour exchange WIIS taken. Mr W. R. Hawkins, secretary of the Bristol Channel centre of the Shipping Federation, of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, of the Shipowners Association, and other bodice was appointed secretary of the new exchange and general superintendent. For the office of chief labour master there were 40 apptications-, and finally Mr A. Woodman, of Cardiff, was appointed. It was resolved that the assistant labour master be appointed by the superintendent. A resolution was adopted in favour of the opening of the bureau in the Exchange, Mountstuart-square, Cardiff, and it is expected that the new establishment will be in work in the course of » week or ten days at the outside.

SIR EDWARD REED, M.P. That the health of the member for Cardiff has been fully established may be safely inferred from the faot that after visiting Cardiff in the middle of last month, and travelling thence to Barrow-in- Furness, and afterwards back to London, he sub- sequently, before tho end of the month, made a journey of nearly 600 miles, into Banffshire, Scot- land, to attend the funeral of the wife of the laird cf Carnouaie, Mr John Harvey, whose family am most intimate friends of Sir Edward and Lady Reed. We l»arn from the Banffshire Journal that Sir John Ennis. Bart., and Sir Edward Reed were anions the pall-bearers. The member for Cardiff was back in town, and in attendance in Parliament on the 1st of May. In the journal above-named are found the following lilies, evi- dently from the pen of Sir Edward, who, it may not be generally known, is a graceful writer ot vor^c To J. H. Gone is the wife, the wctbt>r flone; Though shining summer fills the aki^g; She speaks not, h> ai s not, lies alone. With veils of darkness o'er her eyes. Believe it not! it is not sht» That withers'neath the withering flowers; The dead roOe of mortality !e dropt; the spirit still is ours. Whate'er ahe was øba i. and more, In all that made her dear to all, Her luve, more perfect than before. Is thine, whatever may befall. E. J. R."

THE DISCOVERY OF SIAMESE TWINS." Tlie adjourned inquest on the bodies of the Bir- mingham Siamese twills," discovered in a state of decomposition in a glass case at a Torquay lodging, house on Monday week, was held on Monday. Jaunts Robins, general dealer, stated that he pur- chased the bodies from a Swansea showman r'afti<jd Fletcher eighteen ttioiieh»«gi>! With them was a oertincateof birth signed, ,I Dr. H. 8. Cook, Birmingham." lie added that the twins had been exhibited in almost every town in England. The decomposition of the bodies was owing to the breakage of the glass easo, for which he intended to bring an action against tho Great Western Railway. Dr. Kales, Torquay, stated the condition of the bodies was such M to endanger publio health.—The Coroner, in sum- mine up, stated he had communicated with Dr. Cook, who replied that the birth Certificate was genuine, and forwarded also a counterpart of tho certificate of death, showing that the twins wc-rc» Fiduiund and Harry Freeman, sons of a woman living in ? Court, Camden-streefc, Birmingham, and they died on November 10th, 1887, three days afttf birth, the oause being asthenia. The coroner reprimanded Robins for negligence in leaving the bodies at Torquay. A verdict of Death from natural causes was returned.

FITS OR EPILRPSF, Giddiness, Sensations, Faints. liowever many years the disease may have cxi¡¡tet!. or however complicated a case may be, do not. deapMr there is still hope. Write to the Secre- I tary," Burwood House, Burwood-place, Hyde Park, London. He wiU eeu. you Gratis full instructions iox eure. 16073

AN OLD SOLDIER'S STORY. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. The following letter t^Hs the tale of one released from suifeiiugt and needs no comment:-— GKNTLEMKN,—I have of the 24th, asking me what benefit Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People have done me, and it gives me unbounded satisfaction to reply. Within ten days after I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, those terribly excruciating pains I had experienced in my limbs, heart, stomach, back, and head, began to leave me. becoming less severe and less frequent, and before I had taken aU of the second box they were gone. At times since I have experienced aohes, but they are nothing compared to the pains I had formerly suffered. For months I could get no s.eep 0v rei^ 01ily from the use of morphine, two, three, and five times daily. Soon after I began taking Dr. Wil- liams'Pink Pills I discontinued the morphine, and have taken it but onoe since, and I am now only taking my fourth box of the pills. Before I begah taking Pink Pills I had no passage from my bowels except from tho tise of cathartics. Very soon after taking the puis my bowels moved regularly add naturally eonatipation was entirely gone. Previous to commencing the use of Pink Pills my urine was lnilkyjjj colour, and after standing resembled a jelly substance. Now it is clear and perfectly liatufal, and shows no sediment whatever. I had lost the USe of my Jrgg and Could not bear the my body U|KJH them. By the use of Dr. Willia,nw' p;„k jpins and cold baths and rubbing with a crash towel prescribed with them, my bmbs havo steadily tfained in health and streffft-i untij I can now bear my full weight upon th(em., I have been gaining slowly, but surely, ever since I began the use of the Pmk Pills, and am perfectly eouhdent that I will be able to walk again and ba com- fortable, and this after doctoring f.>r y".are with the best physicians and specialists, who saill my disease could not be cured but only relieved tem- porarily by the usa of hypodermic injections of morphine. I would not be without Dr, Williams' Pink Pills under any circumstance evet, though they cost teu tuiies, what they do, rtrtfj t strongiy recoil meild them to persona afflicted with locomotor at.akia, paralysis, kidney troubles, nervous diseases and impurtweof the blood. I have recommended thM PlII. Pills to 4' number of otd comrades, aiid inIek'r £ "Stance they have proved beneficial, can I therefore de ]..M than warmly reet>mw*iid thein to all tvho read this letter? yours fer&Htilty, E. P. HAvruf*. Hospital Ward A, Michigan Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids. Dr. Wilbaifis' Pink Pil's art) a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing such diseases as rheumatism, neuralgi^'i partial paralysis, locomotor, ataxia.St. Vitus Dance, nervous huid- ache, neruouA prostration and th»» tired feeling therefrom, the after eifectaof influenza, diseases depending on humours of the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, &c. Dr. Williams' I Pink Pills ifive a healthy glow to p^fo ahd Sallow complexions, and ar& a specific for the troubles peculiar to tho female sjMtcui; ahd m the oase of meu they effect a radical curd in all Cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of any nature. Tb .3* Pills are manufactured by the Df. Wil- liams' Medicine Company,0f 46, Hoibirn Viaduct, London, England (and of Broekvillej Ontario, Canada, and Schenectady, INoW York), ah J are sold only in boxes beating the firm's trade mark and wrappers, at 2s 9d a box, or six for 13;¡ 9d. Pamphlet free by post on application. Bear in mind that Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are never sold in bulk, or by the doz-m or hundred, and any dealer who offers sub- stitutes in this form is trying to defraud you and should be avoided. Ask your dealer for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Pxpl", and rofuse all imitations and substitutes. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills may be had of all chemists or direct by post from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company from the above address. The price at which these pilis are sold makas a. course r of treatment comparatively inexpensive, as com- pared with other remedies or medical treatment. j'

THE MAO KING OF BAVARIA. I ^According to a Central News telegram from Berlin, it is stated that the malady ot the insane King Otto of Bavaria has within the last few days assumed a somewhat alarming form. He refuses all food or drink, and It is feared that nourish- j ment will have to be administered ftrtiiiCfo]tj'. I

,)rHE OPEN COUNCIL j „^he auove is tile Lion of St. Mark, Vemce. Opposi e I fÄe Chamber in the Palaco was a head of this witli mouth open, into which persons secretly i™'e"tV_whatever was to meet the eye <>f the Doge. We ? it at the he d of this column to indicate that Pwlic letters are received by us, and also letters squiring answers on legal and general topics. v ^YFV CouNCiA OFFICERS (Oltven).—Communications v CoU1'1'Y CouNCiA OFFICERS (Oltven).—Communications ► J0r ofiicials of the Glamorganshire Comity Council better be addressed in the first instance to the C(V>°UI,V Wesigate-s reef, Cardiff. OF UOCUJIKNTS (IJrython).—It must depend on wte p.hnracter of the ocument whether y->n aw en- dued t<i have a copy of it. Geneially speaking, it is wte p.hnracter of the. ocument whether en. dued t<i have a copy of it. Geneially speaking, it is Tor such documents to be executed in uupl'- ■Ate o.L copy taken. at the time, and, therefore, the f{I,e>stlon does not arnle. Y u certainly cannot com- Pel,your mortgagee to furnish you with a copy of an iiiortgige deed if it has been your fault that 3'ou ;tre with ut. one. But, as a matter of fact, you ai"e not likely 10 meet. wil h milch ùlfficulty ill ;2et(,jllg On,; If you aro willing to pay for it. The charge will rot be very Iwavy you had better get tho solicitOJ I! 0 iifitne a "uui. (Gwilym).-We should liavo been beltsr pue to answer your question if you had not left us 1n some confusion as to whether the freehold was Jour husband's or your own. If it wa." his you have *|o 1 ight t clistrihut6 i ti) :.In) one; tile right to do 7 Parsed on hi" death without a will to his eldest 530:1 ■ 1f it was never hj", but your own by inherit- ance, you can Jeave it as you please by will. The clause in the deeds may 01' may not. apply to deprive you of dower, if it wa" your husband's freeholil. If t was not, the clause lias no bearing on you. J^DLORD AMI) TENANT (C-nat-nt R—d-r).—If vour landlord gave you a mouth's notice, yonrs being a taontliiy tenancy, and you held on a fortnight or three weeks after the notice, tho landlord is entitled to compensation, which the rourt would probably to compensation, which the rourt wonld probably reckoi) at a month's rent. If anyone has stopped Up it l'oad whkh you had a right to use, of course ..Jou can claim damage "(Hn'u.vuE (KefO. Minors cannot- mortgage their pro- Perty, and, therefore, if the land is joiïltly owned by number of children, some ef whom are under 21, of it can be execmed. Tho ollly thins; tDat can be 11QlIe is for the children v, ho are of age, and who desiie to do 1'0, to take aclion in court. 0 I'dl the property and dhide ,he proceeds i.11 equal I SuHrus. A m<»r gage of pwpeny held 111 joint Jej»ancy in any ca o requires the (signature of all the joint tenants toa valid disposition of it. The father has no power to interfere exe, pt to protect the illt rests of the minors 111 any legal proceedings. As J° tho title dee: being lost, the will leaving the property is a very good titie- deed, and if you can show j.oAsessi°" Extending back for "over twelve years, that, is suffi- Ci' iu for ordinary purpo es. Pi obai'ly the uropert has b'jen peacc-fnliy descending for a mucn longer period, and the title is absolutely unimpeachable. CiUIL for ordinary purpo es. Pi obai'ly the uropert ha" ¡Ben peacc-fnliy descending for a mucn longer period, and the title is absolutely ullhn¡.>e;lchnhle. Howe wr, it is the ùllstness of the persoll to whom Property is 801(1 Qr mortgaged to say if he objects to the tiiie. and unless he tloes, nobody else need. S'UHT OF WAY (Oll'en),II1('l'e is 110 Act that re&u- kuesnVlds of way. If a footpath is a public one, )'011 cannot, divert it at all wi hout the eon -ent of the pu,' lie :tllth"riiy. I f, as we gather from your letter, is a private way, yen cannot permanently divert. Jt without the consent of the owners of the land. As tenant (Of two adjoining f;inns you can yourself pa?s to and fro between them in what way you please, a,W you uny cease to u-se au existing footpath aud nlQke it new one, but you cannot deprive either of > our landlords of his right of way along the old tPa'h. •IJ.NHHAI. EXPENSES? (Solace).—We cannot find any &Uiliority for requiring executors topay for mourning 101' the deceased's willow as part of Cuneritl p-x- Pen-sea. Un the other ktnll, if 010Y choose to make J- moderate payment under that head, we do Hot "'ink the court would disallow it, there being pample assets to pay all debts, &v. • ATENT (Inquirer;.—'J he application for a patent ttnist contain a declaration t1mt the applicant is ill possession of an Ï:lvcntiou of whieh he daims to be the first inventor, and for which he rlesires to obtdu 1 patent, amI lllust be aceollllmnied by either a provisional or complete specification with drawings, )f required. The address is "The Patent Office, l, £ 5. Southampton Buildings, London, W.C." S-SE WORLD'S FAIR ("Chicago").—Your best plan yould be to communicate wiili the secretary of the London Y.M.C.A.. at the Polytechnic, London, who is organising hips to the Chicago Exhibition at very moderate rates. Messrs Cook and Son, the weJJ. known tourist agents, Ludgate Circus, wm gladly give you information as to their personally-conducted tours. ?•. P. S."—We cannot admit anonymous letteis arising out of this correspondence. "KTUKNKD INCOME-TAX (A Lover of Justics),-We nave great tlifficuity ill understanding the allegerl 'explanation" of the surveyor. Whatever s';ms are due u nd pai.1 by you as tax 011 the ground rent can he lIedl!ct.erll.y you ou paving your landlord, and, therefore, it is hardly worth while to dispute over that. But after deducting 4s on that head, there still seems to remain the sum of £ 1 13s 4d one to you, instead of the £ 1 4s re- vived, and if you are thoroughly satisffiod that these amOllllts are correct, we should cer- "•hiiy advise you to write to Some et House, and, failing redress there, to cOlDmunieate with your lumber of Parliament. We are sorry to say that as t'le amount was originally paid by you under a fnstake as to the law, it cannot be recovered by Js proceedings. Y.1';EFIT SOCIETIES (D. Z. J.).—A statement to the did appear. A good many statements appear "Ola time to time as to generous intentions on the Part of the nobleman ill question, but such state. ments ùo not always turn out correct. The ,.ffer, if lnade, \Vonlt! have been ma.de to the official liquida- tor, to whom you should apply. W-AIMKOR WAGES (Fabian, Swansea.).—When a limited Company which lms issued debentures is wouild JP, the claim of the employees for wages ranks before that of the debenture holders for their ji^piial. ""(Jus" CLUB (Teetotaler).-(1) There is no legal JOagic in the word club. If a dozen boys c tnbine to "Uv a set of cricketing slumps or a football, that is & ehlb, and if a dozen" men comhine to buy 1'. barrel of beer it is precisely the samw. No system (If regis- tration could Hffect or prevent this. 80 long :1." it Vs legal for one man to buy a cask, it must be legal tor two men to buy one jointly, and, therefore, for a Hundred men. Registration could ollly apply to prèmi;<t,s, and it. would leave things IIIlIch M they a}'e at present. (I) The Welsh Sunday ClosiuK Act Snnply applies to pnblic.!lon"e; It. has 110 bearing llPOl1 the question of either .hebeell8 01' the f'o-c"Ued clubs. As we h'.¡,ve explained, a club, the Jhembers of which openly subscribe io purchase tiqunr, is not bonus at all. A bogus elub, properly, is cUe in whkh the liquor i- not subscribed for, but is 80lo! by olle person to the rest — a shebeen, ill fact, trending 10 be a club. (3) A bona-fide association of IDen to purchase liquor in wholesale quantities J?r consumption by them-elves, violates none of the jicetising !aws. But the wholesale dealer, if he sells liquor on Sunda\s, commits a breach of ihe Lord's O iy Act, for whïeh he can be punished and the member" of the association 01' club, 111 our opinion, render themselves liable to; prosecution 3.t common law, independently of the Licensing Acts. VATVINISI'IC MINISTRY (T. J., Cowbridge).—'Your ques- tion would be more suitable to pUv to the rev. gentleman himself, as you appear acquainted with I his address. It Illay he of interest to state that, althQue:h the Calvinistic Methodist body dates from the y»ar 1735. the merllhers could not actually be called Disnemers till 1811, wIlen ministers were for the first time ordained within the bod". Previous to this the members were in the 1mbit of receiving the Holy Communion at the various parish churches. LATENT (Danhop, Llansamlet).— Pari, or )-our question Wa!oJ answered yesterday. The fees 011 obtaining Patents are, on application for provisioual protec- tlOn, £ 1 and 011 tiling complete ¡,peciticat¡on, £ 3 °r 011 tiling complete specification with tirst applica- tion, £ 4 on certificate of renewal before end of 4 J'ears from date of patent, £ 50 on (:ol1:.ifica.te of I-ne:wal before end of P yeurs from date of patent, £ 100; 01' the fees of £ 50 and £ 00 may be paid by allullai instalments, beginning with the fourth year. Jhe address of the Patent Office is 25, Southampton- .wildings, London, W.C. Nationality (L. H.)—A child born in Wales of Irish P1>.rent:> would be of British llatioua1ity, because there is only one nationality recognised for tbæe t"lo.nds. But fig to whelher such child should con- kider itself a Welshman or Irishman that. i" a flatter which it will be able to decide according to Us own leanings. As belween countries of different !1a.tionalities, tne rule laid Ill/wn hv International ■lurists is thit the place of birth is the test of '"ationalitv, but the place of birth does not mean tho Place where the child was born, but where its Parents were ,1omieiled at tho lime. Applying this l'Ule to your case, if the chilli's parents have for- lSa.kell Ireland for good, and settled ill Wales, the child onght to grow up Il. Welshman. Bur if they regard themselves as m.jre sojourners in the land, they will naturally iraiii him to COlmider hil1!"clf:in Irishman. The Irish race are noted for the fidelity with which they preserve their mttiOl1P,1 charader ii, foreign countries. The question i" merely olle of convenience, and involves no principle, there is ])0 legal recognition of any distinction Between Iri.-h l' nf1 Welsh, aR apart frum tho place 1l'Î'let.c they c1wd "KJH-BOX (Úa.mage).-If it is Lhe usual thing for the inhabitants of your district to put ont boxes, Ac., containing asnes, on Ihe 1"0;1(1, for the public authorities to empty, thsre was no negligence on Jour pa:t in doing so, and it was negligent of the "aker's cart to drive over them, conduct which was distinctly aggravated by driving away" wltllout staying to a.pologiø for wlnt. he hall done." His fcubstquent contention that you had ])0 right to place the things there is 1:0 excuse frrr his carelessness, and Yon should sue his owner for th3 loss yon have #,s'istaineii. ^yftACTO* (fUiy»).Jhe ag.eeiiicitt of wiljcil you sen«l UK 1\ copy i" clear amI buitling, /l1l111f it his been broken you nre entitled tn whatever money you have Jr,t by its breach, but no more. If you can show thltr, you have 10.4 the nmt since last September by tbe house' hot having been finished, yon can reCOver that ios

THE WILL OF MR "T&INGTON." 1'1. Sporlsmwn says:—Probate wag issued jlf1 Montiiiy to the executors (Mr K. de Witt, of Beneli-walk, barrister-at-law, and Mr Y alter Lmnlev, of Conduit-street, solioitor) of the wj]| of Mr George Alexander Haird, the gross tersonaltv beiniEf hvvorn at £ 816,051, and the net "a lie ai £ 831,719. The probate aud e8t,ate duty a1Il,!ulltE'11 to £ 33,272, B) the will and the th-!lt °aicil tile testator devised and bequeathed alllu" « H A"c' ptope. ty Mr Walter Lit 111 ley hn Mr tirneat de VVi';t, u|k<ii trust, to pay the :rOIU6 tll hill llIother, Mrs B;lird, for her life, and ter her death to hold the capital in trust for division between such of the children of his »>at <v ism's as 11mlI KIII vive Mrs Baird and shall ai" th# age of 21 years.

SUICIDE AT NEWPORT. Shortly before one o'clock on Tuesday a oabinet maker named Hinee, in the employ of Mr Bloom, Commercial-road, shot himself at his lodgings, 21. Dolphin-street, Newport. Mrs McGrath, a widow, his landlady, was startled by hearing the report of firearms, and on rushing into the deceased's room found him stretched upon the floor witharevotverinhiaright hand. Having placed the barrel of the weapon in his mouth, and discharged the contentR, the bullet passed out through the back of his head, and death was instantaneous. Deceased was a young married man, and had only recently come to work at Newport. having formerly resided at Pontypool, where his wife still lives. Later inquiries go to show that the deceased, Frederick Hines, who wa.s about 40 years of age, was a working upholsterer and salesman. Ho came to Newport to take np a situation at Mr Bloom's about nine months ago. His wife and family continued to reside at Pontypool, and de- ceased returned home at each week end. He did not put in an appearance at his work last week until Friday, when he had his hand in a. sling, and told his friends that he had met with au accident. Hines went to work on Tuesday morn- ing, and remained until 10 o'clock, when he left the workshop, having sent the lad with a roll cf oilcloth to a customer's house, promising to follow in a few minutes. Deceased, however, went to his lodging instead, and proceeding to an out- building there took his life. The inmates of the house heard a noise shortly after Hines entered the outbuilding, but took no notice of it, until going out into the garden about half-an-hour afterwards blood was seen issuing from under the door, and Hines w&s then discovered with a revolver in his hand, one of the chambers of which was discharged, and a wound in the back of the mouth. Dr Paton was called in, but life was then extinct, and the body WM removed to the mortuary to await an inquest. An inquest was held at the Town-bal?, New- port, on Wednesday afternoon—before the deputy coronet (Mr Fred Davies)—on the body of Frederick Hine (35), cabinet-maker, lodging at 21, Dolphin-street, who shot himself with a revolver under circumstances atready reported.— The first witness, a nephew, said he was not aware of there being any insanity in the family. —Bridget McGrath, widow, Dolphin-street, said that deceased had lodged at her house off and on for about 12 mouths, since he had been em- ployed at Mr B'oom's. Deceased usually went on Thursdays and Saturdays to his home at Pontypool, wherehohada wife and three children, one of whom was a son, 16 years of agf. engaged on the railway. About half-past eleven on Tues- day evening, whilst she was at the bottom of the garden, she heard the report of a pistol in an outbuilding, but did not at the time take notice, as she thought it was a noise from some works or from the railway, which runs near. Passing the door of the outbuilding a quarter of an hour later, she saw the feet of the deceased projecting from beneath the door. but suspected nothing wrong, and went up town on another errand. When she returned home she found her house crowded with people, and was told by Mrs Smith, who also lodged with her husband in her house, that deceased had shot himself. Deceased was a very quiet man and respectable, and she had never seen him the worse for drink. —Ann Smith, wife of Wm. Smith, said about 12.30 she went to the back to fill a kettle, and looking around, saw the door of the outbuilding had blown open. Deceased was in a sitcing posture, with th* revolver clenched in the right liund, and blood flowing on the ground. She ran in and told her husband, and he went for a police- man. She also went in search of an officer, and returned with one. Deceased appeared to have gone into the outbuilding with the deliberate purpose of committing suicide. She had not seen much of the deceased, and only passed the time of day. — Mr S. D. Bloom, furniture dealer, 4, Commercial road, said that deceased had been in his employ ten months, and always appeared to lie a sober, steady mau. Daceased had absented himself from work on two occasions, and was not at work last week. Witness wrote to him asking the reason why he left him, and his wife replied that he had cut his arm badly in falling down. On Friday deceased called, and repeated the story about the injury to the arm, and witness could sea that he had a bit of a bruise on the eye, but he did not think he had been engaged in a. quarrel. Deceased promised to attend to work on the following Monday, and did so. Deceased was occasionally low-spirited, and was low-spirited on Monday. He was not always depressed sometimes quite the reverse. Deceased had no reason to think that witness was about to dischaige him in fact, quite the reverse, as he was opening a new business. Deceased's wife kept lodgers at Pontypool, and he inferred that he was jealous of her. He wanted his wife to remove to Newport but she declined to do so. Witness heard nothing of any quarrel at Ponty- pool, such as would account for an injured arm and a bruised eye. The revolver belonged to witness, aud was kept in the bottom drawer at the office. The cartridges Were kept in the same bag; but the revolver was never left loaded. He was not aware until after hÐ heard that deceased had shot himself that the revolver had been taken, but on looking for it he found that it had been taken.—P.C. Cowlin said he was called by Mrs Smith, and found that deceased had shot himself through the roof of the mouth, and w vs quite dead. The revolver was on the ground at his feet.—The Coroner summed up that the causes which led the deceased to take his life were onty conjectural, but the suspicious circumstance in the case was that he absented himself from business for a week, and tha.t in some way, whether arising from jealousy or fwm some other reason, he returned with an injured arm and a. bruised eye.—The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity." ^—

A BMLIFF IN TROUBLE. Illegal Distress at Aberdare. Ab the Aberdare County-court on Wednesday —before his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams— Anne Ingram, who was represented by Mr A. Kensho'e, sued Wm. Spence, of Pontypridd, for illegal distress,—The complainant lived some timA ago at Pontypridd, and her husband having gone to America she removed her furniture, from Pontypridd to Hirwain. Shortly afterwards defendant came to Hirwain and told her he had a distress warrant and took possession of the furni- ture. The rent due, he alleged, to be £6 10s, and the expenses 7s 61. He pulled out of his pocket a paper purporting to be the warrant, and was after some time paid. He then refused to give up the warraut, and gave a receipt for £6 10s only. He also refused the 7s 6d.—The evidence of Mrs Ingram was fully corroborated by her sister, Mrs Jones, who was present.—For the defence the defendant swore he did not purport to be a bailiff. He only purported to be a debt collector, and he only showed a paper authorising him to collect the rent.—In cross-examination he, however, made several serious admissions, and his Honour told him he was getting into the mire deeper and deeper each time. He was quite satisfied that he did puriwrt to be authorised to levy the distress, and would give judgment for the plaintiff. Turning to the defendant, he said, 44 Was this after I had with- drawn your authority to levy distress for rent ?"— Defendant: Yes.—His Honour: Then how dare you to pretend that you were authorised to levy distress ? Don't let me hear that you have done such a thing again.—The defendant, as he walked away, mumbled. You are a terrible fellow, The judge at once ordered him to be arrested, but, after administering to him a severe warning, allowed him to depart.

SOME OF THE CAUSE.3 OF POVERTY. While the masses, old and young, rich and poor, from the plainest hearth-tires to the halls of Parliament, are trying to solve this question, and all are eager to offer sotutionsto this problem, it might be weli to inquire into some of the possible causes of poverty. The growth of pauperism and poverty ..eents to be due in part to the decay of two old-fashioned social virtues. One of these is family affection. The individualism of the last half-century has weakened the family bond. There has been so much talk of men's rights and women's rights and children's rights, that the mutual and reciprocal duties and obligations of the family S have come to be undervalued. Families do not cling together quite so closely as once they did esprit tie famille is wanting. There are many persons willi ouafnt to be cared for by their own I kindreù who become:J. public charge. The other old-fashioned virtue to which I referred is the manly independencf whioh is tho substratum of all sound character. Why I these are decaying there is no time now to inquire. There is another explanation which I wouU not venture to offer as based upon myown opinion. But I heard, not long ago, these words from the lips of a brave, Buffering woman, Mrs D. T. Copem&u, l?,4, Grange-toad, East. Middlesbro'- on-Tees For years I struggled and tried to brave the weakness and pain 1 endured, as I felt my dear family needed my support, care, and attention but at 1a.4 I was obliged to give up, and I lay a helpless invalid for four yean*. This continued extra expanse of doctors and medicine finally reduced our circumstances until all was exhausted, attd I had even to sell, pifcee by piece, my household furtiifcure to procure daily neces- saries. The doctors diagnosed chronic inflammation of the ktuneys, accompanied with weakness of the lungs and heart and nervous prostration. I suffered excruciating pains, and was 80 weak I j could not hft a teaspoon to my mouth in fact my strength seemed to have entirely left me. •4 Mv attention was called to Warner's Safe Cure (nbtalnabltt of all ohemists and local dealers at 2s 9d and 4s 6d per battle), and after prayer- fnl consideration I decided to give it a trial, and instead of saying a lust farewell to my family, I commenced to recover, and after a few months was able to agam be around, and, in faot, to enjoy life. "None but those who saw end knew of my sufferings could have any idea of the delicacy of the thread upon which my life was suspended for years. The Relv. E. OtWay Herbert, vicar of St. John s, :— I have been attending Mrs II Copeman ministerially for some years, duiing which I have frequently witnessed the sufferings she has undergone, and I am aware that she attributes the great improvement in her health, which has lately taken place, altogether to the use of the medicine known as Warner's Safe Cure. From this it is clear that ill-health is a pro- minent cause of poverty, and even slight symp- toms of weakness should be attended to promptly before the constitution is so broken down, and before tho disease has thoroughly developed.

In connection with the opening of the Imperial Institute her Majesty lias been pleased to approve of the following appointments :—Lord Herschell to be an extra Grand Cross of tho Order of the Bath; Sir Frederick Abel, K.O., to te a baroneb; Sir Somera Vine to be a Q.M.Gr.

UNHAPPY AfFAIR AT CARDIFF. The 'Bus Manager and the Widow. A case which had aroused considerable interest in the town came on at the Cardiff Borough Police-court on Wednesday—the Stipendiary on the bench—in which a widow named Mary Torrington, living in Coboinn-street, Catbays, I summoned Tom Taylor, carpenter, late manager of the Cardiff and District 'Bus Company, and a candidate for the Roath Ward at the last muni- cipal election, for assault on the 2nd inst. Mr Joseph Henry Jones appeared for the defence. COII.plainaut. who appeared in court with both eyes discoloured, stated that she had been in re- ceipt of a weekly sum fmm the Poor L1\w Guar- pians until the latter end of April, when the relief was suspended, though it had since been continued. On the day in question, hear- ing that a scandal in regard to herself and Taylor was the cause of this suspension, she proceeded to the shop where defendant was working in Castle-road and taxed him with it. Ho replied, 44 I've been waiting to see you some time," and struck her violently in the face. She followed him mto his place of work, and he then struck her again, knocking her to the ground. The Stipendiary I do not want any unseemly relationship between theso two persons to be dis- closed in court. Mr Jones I am afraid it will be necessary. I wii?h to "how the malice of this woman's mind. Complainant, cross-examined by Mr Jones, said she followed the defendant from Castle-road to Cyfarthfa-streefc threatening to tell Mrs Taylor of the assault. The Stipendiary I have not the slightest doubt she did go down for the purpose of causing a soeno, smarting under some real or imaginary grievance, and provoking him to a row. He was very mnch provoked. Mr J ones I was going to put before you a large number of letters from the complainant. There are hundreds of them, and you will see the character, I think, of this woman. The Stipendiary Oh, she was attempting to levy blackmail ? Mr Jonns Yep. The Stipendiary: But eveu a woman who levies blackmail must not be assaulted. Mr Jones Hut she goes there with an intent. The Stipendiary The circumstances are extenuatihg, but not exonerating. An assault has been committed, and defendant must be bouud over to keep the peace for six mouths in £5, and one surety in a similar amount.

ALLEGED PERJURY AT PONTY- PRIDD. At the Poiuypridd Police-court, on Wednesday — before Mr Ignatius Williams (stipendiary) and Mr T. P. Jenkins—th" hearing was resumed of a case in which Rice Morgan, landlord of the Windsor Hotel, YuysybwJ, was charged with having, on the 12th of April last, committed perjury in the case heard against tttitn in that court of opening his house for the sale of drink on the 2nd of April last. There was a similar charge against Mary Ann Gimblette, a barmaid at the hotel, the allegation lieing that both Mr M"rgan and Miss Gimblette had falsely sworn that they did not know that three men, named Morgan, Wil'iams, and Edwards were in the huuse before Sargt. Liewellyn found those men hiding in the billiard-room. Mr D. Ro-;ser, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr James Phillips defended. Mr Roseer intimating that he would offer no evidence against the female defendant, the charge against her was withdrawn. Miss Gimblette was then called as witness against Morgan, the burden of her evidence being that Morgan, Williams, and Edwards came to the house on the morning of Sunday, the 2nd of April, that she supplied them with drink, and that the defendant went into the kitohen while th.. men were there drinking. Defendant, who pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, was then committed for trial a.t the assize. bail bbing accepted.

CARDIFF DRINKING DENS. At the CardIff Borough Ponoe-courton Wednes- day—the stipendiary magistrate on the bench— Emily Evans, alias Sullivan, was summoned for selling beer without a licence at 19, Mary Ann. sfcreet, on the 13th April.—P.C. Green deposed to seeing 16 men and three women enter, and on gaining admission he found evidences of illicit drinking. Defendant, who did uot appear, was fined £10 and costs, or the usual alternative.— Several persons were fined for being on the premises for the purpose of buying beer. Robert Jones was summoned at the instan-ie of P.C. Dicks for sliebsening at 39, Mary Anu- street, on the night of the 29th ult. Eleven men and five women were seen to enter, and on the taid being made, defendant admitted selling the beer. He was fined £10 and cost:?, or ordered to gaol for a month with bard labour.—In connection with this case, a little gtrl 12 years of age was charged with frequenting." She i)leaded that she had been sent to the house by a odger to fetoh be.er.—The Stipendiary said it was quite apparent the little girl did not go there with the intention of buying beer for her own consump- tion, and dismissed the case. Edward Horrigan, of 19. Canal-bank, was chsrged with an illicit sale of beer at that place on the 30th April. The police constables stated that on entering the house they found there three 4%-ga'lon casks, oneon tap and two full.—Defen- dant admitted the offence, but pleaded that he was a painter and out of work, and took to the traffic as a means of livelihood.—He was fined iSlO and costs.

A serious explosion occurred on Tuesday at the Pavilion Theatre, Whiteobapel. While a pieco called "The Royal Divorce" was being played,the tank containing the gas which supplied th's lime- light exploded with u loud report. James Lee, aged 39, was injured in the shoulder and face, and Joseph Bradshaw, aged 35, had his arm lacerated. Both men were removed tQ the lion- don Hospital, where Lee WM detained.

THE DIRECT VE10 BILL. Statement by Mr Gladstone. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Baronet, M. P., yesterday (Tuesday) addressed an important letter to Mr Whyte, secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance, on the Veto Bill. Writing from 1, Grosvenor-crescent, S.W., he says — May 9th, 1893. Dear Mr Whyte,—You tell me that the news- papers keep on repeating that the Government do not intend to go on with the Direct Veto Bill, and that they have introduced it merely for the purpose of cheating the teetotalers and afterwards dropping the Bill. As you ask my opinion of these reports, I have no hesitation in saying that I cannot conceive on what foundation they are based. So far as I know no member of the Government has ever said or done anything to warrant statement* of the kind whioh you mention. Theso statements are to be found generally in publications which are favour- able to the great liquor trade, and we may say regarding them that the wish is father to the thought. But to make assurance doubly sure in this matter I ventured to mention to Mr Gladstone that these idle reports wore I likely in some cases to dishearten those who are working earnestly in support of the Government Bill, In reply, Mr Gladstone wrote me :—" I ( have no hesitation m at once saying with refer- ence to your letter just received there is no sort of foundation for the statement which you quote as in use against you that the Liquor Traffic Bill was never intended to pass, and only brought in for show." This statement ought, I think, to re- assure those who have been disturbed by these false reports. The Government have acted fairly and honourably by the Temperance party so far. Let us take care to act equally fairly and honour- ably by them, and in that case we shall hear very little more talk about tho abandonment of Sir W. Harcourt's great measure.—Yours, WILFRID LAWSON. Meetings at Brynmawr. Oa Monday a most successful conference (con- vened by circular) was held in the vestry of Rehoboth Congregational Chapel, Brynmawr, representatives being present from the various Nonconformist churches and temperance associa- tions from Rhymney on the one hand to Aber- gavenny and Crickhowell on the other. Mr T. Jones Parry, of Clydach, was elected to the chair, and the secretarial duties were carried out by the Rev. J. M. Evans, B rynmuwr. The Rev. Morris Morgan, secretary of the South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Temperance Association, lucidly explained the principles of the Government and Welsh measures, after which the Rev. Alderman A. Davies, Pontlottyn, proposed, and Mr R. Thomas, New Tredegar, seconded, a resolution, j which was unanimously adopted, noting with supreme satisfaction the substantial majority recorded for the Welsh Local Veto Bill, stating that no measure before the country was more urgent than this, and that Wales has a right to exp> ct this reform from Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity.—An enthusiastic meeting was held in Rehoboth Chapel in the evening, the Rev. Alderman A. Davies presiding.

THE CHURCHES. The committee of the Congrearitional Union of England and Wales has accepted an invitation to hold its autumnal session in London. It will assemble on Monday, October 8th, and following day a. The Rsv. S. T. William?, of Catford, has been elected chairman of the M- tropolitan council of the LlIndou Missionary Society, and the Rev. Thomas Grear and the Rev. J. P. Gledstone have been appointed secretaries. The Presbyterian Synod having unanimously admitted into its fellowship the Rev. Dr. Pente- cost, formerly of America, he will be forthwith inducted to the charge of the Marylebone Presby- terian Church, in succession to the late Dr. Donald Fraser. The following changes have occurred in Con- gregational pastorates :—The Rev. H. T. Andrews, of Chingford, has become minister of St. Paul's Church, Swansea the Rev. A. E. Sawie, of Mansfield College, Oxford, has accepted the pastorate of Summertown Church, Oxford and the Rev. W. Blackshaw, of the same college, the church at Boston, Lincolnshire the Rev. F. Hibbert, of Newcastie-on-Tyne, has been called to the pastorate of Chapel-street Church, Black- burn and the Rev. G. C. Morgan, of Rugeley, has become minister of Westminster-road Church, Birmingham. The 2.803 Baptist churches in this country re- port a membership of 337,409 and 487,801 Sunday scholars. There are 1;858 pastors and 4-, 369 lay preachers. The following changes have taken place in Presbyterian churches :—The Rev. T. L Ritchie, of Brechin, has become minister of Rutherford Free Church, Aberdeen the Rev. John S;iunder- son has been appointed minister of Dundas United Presbyterian Church, Grangemouth the Rev. David Eaton, ot Aberdeen, has accepted the oharge of Great Hamilton Church, Glasgow. At the United Presbyterian Synod, which meets this week in Edinburgh, an increase of 1,777 in church membership will be reported, as compared with an increase of 478 iu the previous year. The income of the various Cnnds showa a net inoreaae of £4,125, Among the Baptist churches the following chap gift, have occurred The Rev. Jesse Aubrey, of Aldershor, has become minister nf the church at Windsor; the Rev. W. F. Edgerton, of I Oldham, has undertaken a pastorate at Ipswich the Rev. J. Thomas has been ordained to the pastorate at Crewe. The Rev. J. Hubbard, of Hepstonall, and the Rev. H. Bull, of Birchcliffe, have been ordained in the Church of England aud appointed to curacies. Rev. Thomas Harris, of Haverfordwest Baptist College, has accepted a pressing and Unanimous invitation to the pastorate of Bethel Bautisfc Church at Glyn Neath. I. On Sunday and Monday, May 7th and 8th, tho opening services were held of Bethania (O.M.) Chapel, Glyn Neath. The prenchers were Rev: D. Williams, Treeastle. and H. T. Stephens, Birchgrove. The chapel has been renovated in a very artistic manner, much to the credit of Mr D. W. R teser, builder, Trail wm. His many friends will rejoice to learn that the Rev. Thomas James, M.A., Llanelly, is con- siderably better, aud is now able to preach. Yielding to pressure brought to bear upon lum by his many ministerIAl and other friends, Mr James has undertaken to prepare a volume of his isermons for the Press, to be published in the coming autumn. On Sunday and Monday the annivorsary. services in connection with Jerusalem Baptist Church, Llwynypia, were held, when powerful and eloquent sermons were preached to unusually large congregations by the Rev. T. Idwal Jones, Glynceiriog, and the Rev. Aaron Morgan (Gwynedd), Blaenyffcs, Pam. For some time past. the Morlais Baptist Church, Merthyr, has been without a settled mmister. and upon the recommendation of two Church meetings, the Rev. E. G. Thomas, of Neath, was lately in- vited to become the pastor. The rev. gvntleman has accepted the call, and will commence his ministry cn the first Sunday in July.

THE WELSH SUSPENSORY Bill. Meeting at Haverfordwest. A public meeting was held in the Masonic- hall, Haverfordwest, cm Tuesday evening for the purpo-te of hearing an address on the Welsh Suspensory Bill by Mr Byron Reed. The attendance, which was fairly large, was prin- cipally made^ up of clergymen and Church dignitaries. The "hair'was occupied by Mr John James, mayor of Haverfordwest, who. in opening the proceedings, observed that hitherto the threatened danger to the Church had been heard afar off, but now it was actually beard at its door, ) and it therefore behoved all true Churchmen to prepare for the contest which was evidently approaching. (Applause.)—Mr F. Ll. Philipps (Pentypare) moved a resolution pledging tho meeting strenuously to resist the Suspensory Bit!. He said he believed that in Haverfordwast, a town with a population of about 7,000, 3,200 had siened the petition against thaMuspt-nsoty Bill. {Applause.)—Mv W. Howell Walters (Har- roldston Hall) seconded the resolution.— Mr Byron Reed sa.id the Welsh Suspen- sory Bill was a miserable measure forced upon Parliament as the price of the support of 28 Welsh members, and he could conceive nothing more degrading, nothing more dishonourable than the Government sacrificing a sacred institution like the Church for the support of a small section of its members. (Applause.) There remained, however, to the supporters of the Church the inalienable right of appeal unto the Caesar of public opinion, and when that appeal was made the Government might find that the Suspensory Bill wouid prove a very dear price to pay for the support of 28 members. The Bill was cowardly because it sought to disestablish and disendow the Church all along the line without giving her fnends and supporters warning. It was also unconstitutional, because Parliament was asked to prejudge a question that had not been brought befoie it. What were the reasons alleged for Welsh Disestablishment 1 It was said th.it the Church had failed in its mission—that it ministered only to the minority. In the first place he should point out that the men who asked for Welsh Disestablishment to-day, and gave as their reasons that the Church was in a minority m Wales, would make the same demand with regard to the Church of England to-morrow if they considered there was any off-chance of success. Assuming, in the second place, for the sake of argument, that thfl Church was in a minority in Wales, he would still cry hands off," because the whole thing resolved itself into a question of property. After all, it was plunder that the enemies of the Church were after. The supporters of the Church, however, based their claim to the Church, and opposition to these measures, not upon the law of numbers but upon the moral law which God Almight gave us viz. :—"Thou shaH not steal." (Loud applause) Those, however, who pioposed to rob the Church were as guilty, aye, and more so, than if they propose to rob individuals. He con- tended, however, that the supporters of the Suspensory Bill wete entirely out of Court with regard to their statement that the Church was in a minority. That was not so, and the very people who made this statement had systematically opposed a properly-arranged religious census being taken. Parsing on, the speaker said the time for special effort had arrived. They could ba- lieve him they were living in dangerous days, when all institutions and many individuals were seriously upon their trial. They were hving In a time when neither integrity nor usefulness, nor honour would prevail unless the persons and institutions attacked had a strung arm and a stout heart to defend themselves. (Applause.) In conclusion he urged theui through letters to th-ir Parlia- mentary representatives, by repeated indignation meeting. by numerous resolutions, and by prayer and by all means open to good Christians and good citizens to show Parliament their keen sense I of the injustice of this measure. (Applause.)— A vote of thanks to the speaker and chairman brought the meeting to a close. brought the meeting to a close. Meeting at Deri. A most enthusiastic meeting in support of the Suspensory Bill now before Parliament WIIS held at the Independent Chapel Deri, on Tuesday evening. The Rev. J. Matthews, of Swansea, very ably explained the provisions of the measure, and pointed out very lucidly that its object was to prevent a repetition of the wholesale business of curate-making so notably the case previous to the Disestablishment of the Church in Irolaud becoming law. Questions were invited, but none were forthcoming. A local parson sought to make a. statement, which, after some discussion, was allowed, but after Mr Matthews had replied he ap. pealed only too pleased to get away. The 'l eoting was a very crowded one, and a resolution was passed thanking the Government for the prompt- ness shown in carrying out the wishes of t/ha Welsh people, and accepting the Suspellsory Bill as an earnest of the Disestablishment and Dis- endowment of tho Church of England in Wales.

MUSIC ANDDANCING LJCENCES Application at Abergavenny. A special session for heariug applications for music and dancing licences was held on Wednesday at Abergavenny. The magis- trates on the bench were Col. W. H. Wheeley (in the chair), General Gillespie, Mr Codritigton Crawahay, Mr F. P. J. Ran limy-Williams, and Mr W. F. Bate.—Application was made by Mr H. L. Baker on behalf- oi -the landlords of tlie Coopers' Arms, Todor stfeet, and the Ooaeli and Horses, Ca-tte'.irtWH. Appltca- tions were also made by Mr Rutherford, clerk to the board of commissioners for the Market hou-e and Town-hall buildings Mr lCmi! Poyes, for the Rothesay Hotel; and Mr John M-tddocks for the Old Herefordshire House. Mr Ilfcyd Gardner, on behalf of the Abeigavetmy Licenced Victuallers' A^ociatioh, opposed all the applications with the exception of that made by the commissioners for the Market-hall and Town hall buildings. Mr Donald Maclean (Cardiff) appeated on behalf of the Hiperinteudent of police, to offer the same op|xwition. There were also nine petitions handed in against the granting of all tho licences, with the above exceptions, from the clergy and ministers of all denomina- Honsand the yM.U.A, Castle street Mission, Congregational, Wesley an, Eroginore-sfcreet Biiptist, Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Bethany Baptist, and other Churches, and the British Women's Temperance A snciation. Thb petitions were signed by nearly all the leading inhabitants and tradesmen, and very largely by working men.'—Mr Maclean, in concluding the case fur the police, commented upon the curious combination of interests in opposition to the ap- plication.—The Bench" after a short retirement, annouueed that thedecistons would be given next week, t

Ritualism," says Archdeacon Farrar, is not a grand development but a deoreoitvide."

BY A LADY JOURNALIST. Useful Bodices that are also pretty wi". be found to be very fashionable this summer. They are not exactly the blouses as heretofore, and thus they admit ot greater variety in their manufacture. So that you choose some material that goes well with that of your skirt you may really wear any kind of bodice. But of course you will remember that if it is trimmed it should be worn with an untrim- med skirt lest the two do not match. Therefore, I Advise my kind readers when making any of these very useful prmetvl to choose no other kind of decoration than lace, and better still, not oven that. In order to be cool and comfortable, and to have serviceable wearing things, you can make the prettiest kind of bodices out of common printed calico or cambric, crepons, and mousselines de laine. Narrow stripes of oolour in thin lines on a white or ooloured ground look very pietty, and are quite fashionable. So are spots aud little leaves and flowers in every de-er'ption of variety of form and colour. Will you study the first example ot the two bodioes in my sketch ? It is fashioned in the simplest way. The back is made to fit across the shoulders and slightly fulled into the waist. Long pieces of the material are pleated into the shoulder seam, and put in plain into those of the sides. They cross completely over the chest and front, fastening with a rosette of the material at the back of the waist. This kind of bodice is best made in a soft material like art muslin, washing silks, or crepons, fis it pulls to the figure better than anything stiffer. The sleeves may be in double puffs like these, or in one long one like those on the other figure. That one admits of boing made of a finely-striped stuff, or of some soft fabric kilted in narrow knife or accordion pleatings. with neck, waist band and lower part of sleeves of some other material; the same as the skirt, if preferred. In this way one can have a series of bodices to one skirt at a very slight ex- pense with a great deal of good effect. Home-Made Under Skirts take but little trouble to make, and cost infinitely less than bought ones. You will think I am dealing only with cotoured cottons an-! cambrics this week, but M they are so easily pio- cured I thought you might like to know what pretty things can be done with them. Plain petticoats with frills, the whole made of coloured batiste or linen, are mo"t strong and lasting. They wash capitally, and require very little getting up, though, oF course, a pinch with the gauifering irons vastly improves the frills. Such an one is the first in my sketch. The lowest example is composed also of printedcotton, of the thin description known as French cambric. This, as you see, has three deep flounces edged with torchon lace, which can be had very strong and good in imitation. The second of the upper ones is of plain white calico with a single deep flounce of strong imitation Ince, into the edge of which are run three rows of coloured ribbons, and the same forms a little pleated heading to the flounce. Snch a. petticoat looks extremely well in black, and is a style that just now is very fashionable. How to Write Letters is a little matter that is often brought to my notice in connection with this column. Of course, there is a great art in writing so simple a thing as a letter, and postage is so cheap and so easy now- adays that to write to anyone is not half the business it used to be when it cost a shilling or mcie each time, and before envelopes were invented. Few things show the character of a person more than their way of walking, their manner of eating, and their style of writing a letter. Of course, you will not expect to write a letter nicely with wrong spelling,bad writing,and worse grammar, that includes an entire want of frtdpS to the sentences. If you have not the oppor- tunity qf learning Spelling, good handwriting, and punctuation, )'IIU can go a long Way towaras teaching yourself hy copying out cunvtr-ationt, descriptions, &c., and even letters from many of the books you read. t?dte where the capitals should come, and do not put them in the wrong places. Begin every sentence with ft cap! al, and put them to all names of people, countries, &o. As to selling, it is not the leaot use to trust to the sound of words to make you spell in English. You must get used to the look of a word, and know its appearance eo well that you can instantly defect an error when you see it. Write the date to every letter you send, and put it with the address clearly written in the rischt hand corner. Neat, tvell-forined, and not Jårge letter* are the best to use. and keep an even distance between each of your letters, which must all slope one Way, and eAoh of yotir wofds. The writing must follow absolutely straight lines, to ensure which you must never write with your paper al) sideways and yotir head nearly on the table, but exactly straight in front of you. Never begin a fresh subject on the same line as the last, but at the distance of about two words from the commencement of tho last line. This shows you are beginning a fresh paragraph. It i«s a sign of an ill-bred person not to answer a letter by return of post, and of a careless, untidy one to ink their fingers, the pen, or the paper, or to fold the letter all crookedly and irregularly. Avoid writing all about yourself, unless especially re- quested to do so, remembering that however interesting No. 1 is to you, ether people's No?. 1 are far more so to them. In writing r. business letter, always commence "Sir" or "Madam," signing yourself "Faithfully yours," "Obedi- ently," or "Respectfully yours," as the case may be. It it also quite fcS Appropriate in writing to a stranger to commence with Mrs —— presents her compliments, &c. using the third person throughout the letter. A Floating Island is the name of an easily made sweet dish for pudding course that I saw the other day, and which I am sure numbers of my kind readers have never seen nor tasted before. Put several lumps of su^ar in a little water into a copper mould, and set it on the stove to caramel I (or to turn to burnt sugar). As soon as it begins to brown take the mould and keep on turning it round and round, so I that the browned sugar or caramel may thoroughly line it. When it is all but hard, hold the mould under a tap of water so that it runs all over the outside then leave the caramel to crack. Beat the whites of six eggs to snow, put it into but do not quite fill the mould. Boil this in a bain marie, or in a pot set in a saucepan with water at the bottom. Then put it into the oven till it is brown. Hold it upside down over a glass dish, and hammer the mould all over to make the. shape turn out, which it should do fairly firm and I perfectly light. Put the mould on the stove or in the oven, and let the rest of the caramel melt. Add a cupful of warm milk and strain it on to the well-beaten yolks of the six eggs. Stir it on the stove over the fire till it becomes a custard, taking great care that it does not crack. Pour it when cool round the shape. If you wish to make the island slightly firmer, a little sugar or powdered macaroon biscuit" may be mixed with the whites in whipping. It sounds a long story, but it is easily done. BUSY BEE. Rules for Correspondence. NOTICE.—Owing to the increasing number of letters that require immediate private answers, which are necessarily longer than those in this column, and entail cona'derabl<> time and work, a small charge will be made in future for such answers. In future addresses of tradesmen or manufacturers will not be published in this paper, but will bs sent on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope, Letters for inquiry cn fashion other matters should ba addressed to BUSY BKB," care ef the Editor, and should reach the office not later than Tuesday, if an answer is desired in the following week's edition. If an earlier answer is desired, a stamped addressed envelop# containing a fee of one shilling must h. enclosed. Letters once answered at-* nat kept. Therefore, if further information is required tho original questions must be re- peated. Paper patterns of only those designs given can be supplied en the following terms:— French English Pattern. Pattern. Complete cestume.te givi measures .Aj- 1/S- Bodice „ „ 2}., ,OJ;; Skirt „ „ 2/- 0/9 Short Mantle „ 2/i ,Ii- Lang Mantle „ It I/i, Jacket 2/6 1 Child's complete costume „ 2/- 1/- Apron ]/- 0fa Each application must have postal order and stamps for postage enclosed. Ladies are re- quested to cut but and enclose th e picture of the garment required, and the pattern will be ferwarded in about a week's time. Answers to Correspondents. AGGIE. In the rules above you will see the fee is stated. I may tell you that before you can I-arn to paint you must be quite pro- ficient in drawing. You cannot do the one until you can do the other. It is like trying to run before you can walk. You had better get some lessons from a qualified teacher, as you cannotfMtint without thoroughly understanding light and shade. Without this preparation it would behopelessfor you to think of painting. You might daub, but you would not paint. I shall be happy to give you any help if you will do this in the regular way. KHCBARB.- Of course you can preserve rhubarb. Treat it like any fruit, boiling every pound cut in small pitoes, with three-quarters of a pound of sugar. Look at the recipes I gave a week or two ago for rhubarb. IMA.—Brown velvet would look very pretty, and if you have enough I should edge the cloak with it ns well. o SYEATRON.—\Vhat a curious noiii de plufat you have chosen. If you cannot get exercise more often than you say, it would be well for you to get up early in the morning and go for a good walk. I think also that you would find it a good thing to take as much bicarbonate of soua as will cover a two shilling piece in a wine glassful of water twice a day, quarter of an hour after meals. But you evi- dently require plenty of exercise. Do not give up eating meat entirely, but avoid greasy food, and all kinds of wine, beer, or spirits. Soda water is a useful thing to take with your luncheon and dinner. I shall be tflad to hear that you are better. RHO.—I should advise you to have your green crepon shortened at the back of the skirt, and you might have the skirt more gored round the hem so as to wldt-n it,. You will make it more fashionable by having long widely-puffed sleeves (if you waut it for a day dress) of green silk to match, and filling in the neck with the same, trimming the bodice with a wide collar of cream lace, and finishing off the waist with a pleated band of green silk. It is very fashionable to we, r a deep flounce of lace round the hem of the skirt, but, of course, i'. costs more. DATST.—I do not think you could very well manage a sulphurous bath in your own house unless you were near the sulphur Waters and could g«-t sonif. In an obstinate case of scurf I should advise yor to thoroughly oil or grease the skin of the head, and then the whole hair and hea l with borax and sottp and Wartn water, and thus get rid of the scurf, and Mien when dry use the canthai ides and oil as I re- commended before, and use it twice a week, and I think the trcuhle will disappear. PKRPLEXKO SHOP GIRL. (1 ) Have yoti tried washing your face after rtil,biaig it well with a little oil, with warm water, soap, and b >rux, and dry by rubbing well with a rough towel twice a dHy ? I think it would help you to get rid of the marks you complain of. (2.) If you will wait for a week or two I shall be giving a new skirt pattern that will have very few gores, and will suit you for a pbtin dress. I should advise you to have it made with a plain jacket bodice, which you can wear as a bodice or over .t shirt blouse, and a perfectly simple skirt, without trimming. NANNIE.—The only thing to do with your dress is to have the material dyed a deeper blue, and have the silk part left the shade it is, that would make a difference. To stviarten it you might add a trimming of a little gold braid or passementerie. ECONOMIST.-(1) I think I must refer you to a dyer about using logwood in dyeing, as that is hardly in my department. (2) Your writing is very legible. (3) I regret that I cannot tell you the name oi the author of the first book you mention. Cervantes wrote the second. Har- rison Ainsworth the third, aud Dante the fourth. AMEE.—-(IJ The best thing to trim your shot material is with cream lace made as a wide collarette like that I gavo a short time ago, with rosettes and bands of ribbon to fasten it on the shoulders. Have the dress made quite plain except for the lace, tight-fitting bodice and very puffed long sleeves. (2) I can send you the name and address of a cure for freckles if you like to try it and will send me a stamped addressed envelope. I cannot guarantee its certainty. Ycur writing is legible, but you might form the letters better. Ivy.—You will see what I have isaid to Ameu about the freckle cure. Freckles that are in the blood depend entirely on the state of a person's health, and I fear are incurable. I am, as you will see by the rules, not allowed to give names and addresses of remedies except on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. Make a greater difference between the short and long letters, and you will improve your writing. Your capitals should be much larger also. MABGARRT.—Your dark grey dress would look very pretty made with a short Eton jacket, turned back, with satin levers, over an under- pleated bodice of pale pink silk, with dark grey satin vfraistband. Trim the skirt with three rows of ruohing made of the material, or the dark grey satin, lined with pink silk, which should be the common thin washing surah pongee. The satin need not cost more than sixpence a yard if it is ribbon, and if by the piece eightef r pence. Ilavo your hat dyed grey and trim it with high standing loops of grey satin ribbon and pink roses to match your under bodice, witil tit leaves, setting some under the brim at the back. To nl:1ke it more fashionable you Oould turn the brim up straight in frcnt and put. some roses in front, or a bow on your hair in tbe ipid/lie. If Voy wish jotijr,dress uiai^r, nee grey silk instead of piuk, but it will look rather dowdy. Replies. By Fosr.-lFreckh.. Llandilo Mr D. 0.. Bet- rout, Svna: Mis? E. it., Greens k Miss W. W., York Mi* J. D., Edinburgh Miss H., Hereford; E. W., Llanelly J A. M, Edinburgh; M. G., Grantown; Miss A., Penarth; Mrs M., Leith; f Mr C. H., Colinton. ABOVR. — M. A. L., Sun Mrs C., Cumnock M. V.. Bllilth; R. B., Milnthorpe; Syeatron, no addre-M Daisy, Alterdo'.ir Perplexed Shop Girl, Rothesay Economist, Blaenavon Nannie, Lelth; Margaret, Nairn; Ivy, Dvinock; Amee, Mold.

THREATENING MR GLAbSTONE. According to the World, the unfortnnate lunatic, Townsend, who has been again remanded At Bow street, wrote a threatening letter to Mr Gladstono fcWo days before his arrest, aftnotincing his intention to ftboot him, and this is to bti made the grenind of a more serious charge than that on whioh he is now in gaol. It is an extraordinary anomaly in English law that threatening to shoot a man is a graver offence than hanging about with a loaded revolver to carry out the threat. But such, I understand, is the C.t<!f. The charge I now made against the prisoner is cne a magis- trate can deal with, but to send a threatening letter is an mdiotable offence which can be punished by penal servitude.

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By Maggie Symington. Hey Presto! Don't you remember, my merry youngsters, how in the dear old tales of fairies and magic, there was always some potent sehtencea to be used as a spell to bring about the wonderful change? It was ]! ee-fi.fum," "Abara-c.i- dabara," or "Hey, presto, change and begone 1" We are not so far removed from the magic of the fairy tales, after all. Does it not read like one of them to hear that, at the opening of the World's Great Fair over in Chicago the other day, on the platform there was a pedestal covered with blue and yellow velvet, and on it a magic ivory button resting on a golden telegraph key. When the President touched this button, hoy presto in one moment the fountains began to play, the wheels in the machinery hall to go round, all the bells began to ring, flags were un- furled, cannon boomed, and the musses of people shouted for joy. Some add that the sun began to shine, also as if the President and his button could touch that. After this, you and I mtist bclifeve in the possibilitIes of fairy tales for ever- more. L Going to the World's Fair. My little damsel over in California hat sent me a book of the route from San Francisco to Chicago, with pictures of the luxurious carriages, and of all the grand b Hdings that comprise the Columbian Exhibition. I hope she will be going to Chicago by this verj route, and that she will send us her own graphic and interesting account of some of the wonderful things to be seen in the World's Fair; it is only right that the Round Tabl* should have its own representative there If she should travel by this route she would cross the Sierra Nevadas, and go through the missive grandeur of the Rockies, she would pass Salt Lake Gity and many other wonderful places. And it she travels first-class, it will be in a. car- riage from sixty to seventy feet in length, one single compartment from end to end, luxuriously upholstered with reclining chairs arranged two by two on either side, a "passage way down the middle of the car. At night her carnage will be brilliantly lighted with the electric light. She can wash and dress, and sleep, and take dinuer all on board that train, for she will be able to litep from one car to another while the train is dashing along. We will all hope to hear she is going to the Fair. May-Day Doings. I planted a willow tree yesterday, one little knight of my Round Table writes to me. Suc- cess to that tree the first heard of as being rooted in the name of the Round Table. Tho planter is Knight Willie Atkinson. How many more shall I hear of, I wonder ? The Brown Mouse made a great point of planting hers, and very deftly she handled the fork and trowel, for a mouse, I can assure you. I watched her do it, then planted my own and somebody else who loves the Round Table and projioses to become an Hon. Mem. thereof, planted another. So there are three little trees at least in this neigh- bourhood springing up in the name of our Round Table. At Whitelands, Mr Ruskin's training college for teachers, there was a May Queen choscn as usual, and presented with the gold ecoss and necklet which are his own May Day gift. A Royal Princess presented it, then there was dancing round the Miay-pole, and the queen distributed a number of beautifully-bound copies of Mr Ruskin's works. The Ashes of Columbus. Where are they ? I can tell you., These frag- ments of the earthly body in which the soul of the great navigator once walked this earth are in a small urn placed -ill a glass case bound with gold in a. convent in Chicago. Columbus died at Valiadolid, in Spain, and was buried there, but his bones were several times taken up and carried to other places finally, the Americans begged or bought them, a-ud took them over to Chicago. The other day, just when the great World's Fair was being opened, a thief entered the convent and stole tliit little urn out ot the glass oase. He was ju-t walking away with the remains of poor Columbus under his arm. when h# was discovered by the man in charge, who sprang upon him. ciying Drop that." that being the urn and its secret CfUtt-nts. The urn was lecovered, but the thief escajied. Scientific m'n tell us, my chickens, that the human body of an average man weighs 150 pounds, and that 116 of its parts are nothing but water. So the contents of that little urn are only a very small portion of the earthly garb of Columbus, after alL A Brave Little Pair. I am sure ycu will call them that when t tell you about them. There is a house being built now at Guildford for the Marquis of Sligo, and in the letter-box in the contractor's office there a pair of tomtits have built their nest. The box was needed for letters, and never meant to be used as a nursery, so the foreman tried to pre- vent the birds building there he drove them away again and again. The little tits had evi- dent!y made up their tiny minds that that place they would have and none other se they re- turned most persistently, and finally they sue- cceded in building a cosy little dwelling, and depositing ten eggs in the inside. Not only did they manage by sheer perseverance to secure the box, but they actually took possession of a letter and tore it up for building materials. After this aud tore it up for building materials. After this they certainly ought to be allowed to remain and bring no their young ones. And I expect they will be left there in peace. No one, least of all that foreman, could have the heart to disturb this brave little pair. Evening Preparation. Great news, my lesson-learners A great roan, cine of the world's oraoles, has opened his mouth and spoken, and what he says is of great moment to boys and girls. I know you will endorse his words as heartily us I do. He says Before the age of 12, boys and girls should have no home lessons at all, because evening work excites their immature brains and makes them liable to heitdaches and mal-nutrition." Wise fathers and mother* will shelter themselves under this great medical opinion, I hope, and forbid the evening prepara- tion of lessons henceforth. It is as wel! to give attention to what the same creat authority says about the number of hours healthy children may work:—" Well fed children of intellectual parents "—and, says one commentator, we pre- sume this applies equally to intellectual children of well-fed parents—" when surrounded by every hygienic contrivance fur hpalth, can study for six hours a day without injury to health." But, then, care nnrst be taken that they have proper backs to their benches, and do not stoop over thoir books, and that some play is judiciously mixed in with the work. There is just one other point to bo considered: If it is bad to study soienoe, arithmetic, etc., in the evening, it is equally bad, and for the very same reason, to read exciting stories. If the choice has to be made between one and the other, I should say, let the Red Indian literature alone, aud stick to the graver studies. Stamps and Stamp Collectors. I hav«4tftd tm>r<* *ppli««tions for tiia CnlunUtiMt stamp than I anticipated. Those young peopfo who were first in the field Were first served, but the others may only have to wait a htth1; more Oi tho stamps arc sure to reach Tne from America. Til* Shah's Head stamps are not to hand yet, but I have written again t., Persia, fearing my first lotter may have misc«rried. A gentleman has written me from China, sending me a complete s-t of Shanghai stamps for Mr Cave, and making request for one of the Persian ones so by and by I trust you will all be gratified. An English Stamp Collector sends me stamps of the fol. lowing countries to be distributed amdngst you. Those who wish for some will please name the Countries they WCrild like td ffceeire, and send stamped envelope for transmission Denmark, Spain, Italy, Russia, Germany, Hong Konff, China, India, Jamaica, France, Belgium, Holland, Cape of Good Hope, African Republic, Congo, America, and England* I have still sortie unused Natal stamps left, in exchange for which English stamps, also unused, mutft be sent, value Id and 3d. My Letter Box. NELLIE WEBSTftR When an acknowledgment by post is required, it is Usual ttt enclose tneans for the Bathe, otherwise you must have patience to wait an answer m the usual course. Your note and enclosure have been sent on to "Grannie." It would have been better to have written her direct KnwiNA HOLCROFT Kindly send me some- I thing especially adapted for the column your verses are very unsuitable. ELSIE PERSSE What a pretty name your home has LMkiHeen. I hope to get many nice little letters from there. I wish I could see that tricksy donkey, Bps. 14 She used to run under the trees in the avenue to knock down whoever was on her, but she has stopped it now." I used to ride a Russian pony once that always would I rush to the top of any embankment we came near, unless a very watchful hand was kept on the reins. the reins. KATHLKFN D. PEnssK says: "We used to have snow pancakes III the winter when there was nice light snow, using a tablespoonful in the place of each egg." Yes, there is ammonia ia snow, and that is why it makes hght pancakes. MAGGIE SAUNDKHSON (who wrote to me posfc haste) says: I am very sorry but I caru^st possibly make room for more cats. When I g^. up at night with my crutches to have my bed made I fall over cats at every corner, and tread on lots of tails. it seems to me." Do not be frightened, Maggie pussy took the matter into her own claws, and would not allow her kits te be despatched to you. I can only make very brief quotations from <t few other little letters: "We put our old canary into the kitchen, and he looked like a dethroned king, so very sad so we took him back to the breakfast-room, and when we hung up the cage be flew to it with a joyful chirp!—JANBT." "I should like to see that dog yo-i mention, and the owner of it, Mr Hanson, but I am afraid I shaU not be able to go to South port; I was there last summer.—WILFKID BOOTY." I was aWIt:" notth, at Oyne, a lovely place in summer, close to the foot of Benachie.—BESSIE DALGARXO," What- a delightful spot in which to spend your holidays: I should like to hear more about that baby doll. I think this kind of competition is very t\1CC (bird-catching) it is easier than questions, and so amusing to find the birds. ANNIK BRIGGS."— Thanks for your suggestion. I will bear it in mtnd.—I thmk it is one of the pleasanteefc competitions you have ever had. I am a teacher in the Sunday School now, aitd like it very much. I have a class of fifteen little boys.—KATHEKINE IHOMPSON. Woutdyounot find it helpful to your scholars and to you to make them members of the Round Table ? They would be your own esquires, and you could teach them all that the Round Table means. The circular, What i8 the Round Table, it now quite ready, and you enn obtain some trottt me by sending stamped and addressed wrapper. —"1 take a great interest in the ChiM eoV Corner, and will try and get some mo e fOJ the R.T.—EU.IK CALUNAN," Thank you, Ellie, I hope the new certificates reached you safely. Thanks to the following for pleasant letters, and to the first-named far pretty Easter cnrds :— George Threadgould, Lily Whitehead, Eraeet Wiles, Kath. Newitt. (You have done well to interest and win so many hon. members.) Ethel Booth, A. Care, Maggie Barr (please send stamped and addressed wrapper for name list), W. H. Gregson, Emily M. P. Baines, Willie Atkinson (IS learning to do fretwork, and has made two paper knives, he tells me; that is nice, useful work). Edith Adcock, Bessie Rush, Agnes Paver, J. T. Davis, W. Morgan Williams, Frank Ratcliffe, Kitty Hoare, A. E. Watson, Nell.. Gibbs, Bertha Yexmshaw, Maud Briggs, Alio.. E. Davies, David Monro, Mildred Dodman, 8. R. Gough, Eliza Haslingden, Theodora. Hull, Mildred S. Marriott, Harold Reyner, Violefr Kirkby, Percy Brown, Marian Lmnell, Winifred Wood, Ada Moore, Beatrice Jenkins, Nellie Walbran, Connie Clegg, Beattie Dent (do not be discouraged, better luck next time, failures may become stepping-stones), N. B. W., Harry A. Dingle, Dorothy Wood, Helen F. Smith, Lizzie Sheriff, Robert N. Bland. I hoped to have made known the result ot Joust No. 2 in the Literary Tournament thif week, but am obliged to defer it until ntexs, Our Round Table. The Order of the Round Table.—A big society of little folks in connection with the aboy. column has now nearly 19,000 members. WATCHwoRns Conscientiousness, kindness, courtesy. MOTTO We must do the thing we ought before the thing we may." THE Bio BOOK OF THE ORDER lies always open for the reception of the names of new members. Every little reader is lovingly entreated to join the Order. A penny postage stamp should be enclosed in letter of application, for trans- mission of the beautiful blue and gold certifi- cate of membership. If six stamps be en. closed, then a Book of the Order, a copy ol the Song of the Round Table (full music SIZ6. with tonic sol-fa in addition to the ordinary nota» tion), and illuminated Card of Vows will be sent with certificate. OLDER PEOPLE are particularly invited to join as Hon. Moms. Rules, &c., sent free on receipt uf addressed halfpenny wrapper. Address all communications 1;8 AUNT MAGGIE SYMINGTON. < Hunstanton, Norfolk.

«■————————— IN PRAISE OF CRICKET. I Mr Andrew Lanr, who probably plays gefe better than he plays cricket, has supplied a v»rv interesting introduction to Kings of Cricket/ just published by Arrowstnith. Cricket, Sttye M, Lang, is simply the most catholic the irnst innocent, kindly and manly of populat pleasures, while it has been the delight of Statesmen and the relaxation of learning. Mr Lang agrees with Mr Hughes, wh* in "Tom Brown," said thvt erickw ought to be to English boys what habeas cor/M,if i3 to Englishmen. The book to which Mr L»n* has written this introduction i.* the work of Mi. Richard Daft, a name celebrated enough it, cricket annals, and it may be described as a boo" of persoual cricket recollections, in whioh Mt Daft tells the story of his own career and that ór the greatest cricketers of this and thepaat giiif-m. tion, as weli as a review of the improvement* introduced into the game, the different methodi, o* catching, bowling, hitting, etc. The took is brought up to date, and contains poi traits of ml the crack batsmen and bowlers ot the day.

MR W. O'BRIEN, M.P., IN LIVERPOOL. Mr Wm. O'Brien, M.P., speaking at LiverpfoH on Sunday, said an irrevocable sthJ) was taken by England when the Home Rule Bill was read a second time. He did not disguise the fact that a large section of Irish Protestants disliked Home Rule, and every man who hoped for the good government of Ireland would have to pay most tender and sympathetic regard for that leeling. The Union had created a chasm between Catholics and Protestants which should not continue to exist. Belfast, formerly the seat of Nationalism and religious equality, it had trans- formed into a city without parallel in the civilised world.

THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORK. CARDIFF, Saturday.—English wheat Mt short supply, and with a better inquiry ndvauced 6d to 11 per qr. foreign wheat holders are careless of selling, and generally made 6d more money. Flotir stiffening in price, millers tiring of selling without a profit*. Maize and oats 6d dearer. Barley and beans witfe. out change. GLOUCESTER, Saturday.—Very few samples 00; English wheat offering, and prices were Is per qcr higher foreign in gome cases 6d dearer, but quiet. Maize generally 6d, and grinding barlev 3d, deafee Oats very arm. Califoriifah wheat, 33s northern1 spring, 34s Russian, i>8s to 31s 6d. Grinding barley, 16s 3d. Bound maize, 21s 3d. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—There was a good at* tendance at to-day's ftwrket, and more tfnn the average amount of business was done, prices having, owing to the continued drought, conti: ued to advance an all-round increase of s 6d per qumtwr oil tha weeil being registered. CATTLE. RoATH (Cardiff), Tuesday.—There was a short EF supply ot cattle on offer at our market to-dav, chiedj Insh, which me;, a steady trade at flrmov jiriees, 8heep and iambs wore plentiful, and there was a good supply of calves. Pigs were plentiful, and trade slow Quotations .-—Cattle- piime steers, 63s per cwt., secondary lots, 56s to 6 s per cwL. i lough cows MnT bnHs, 46s to 50s per ewt. Sheep—(>n the wool), 3' .d to 8%>1 per lb shorn do., 7d to 7%d per lb. He.ivj sheep, 6d to 6'^d per H».; lambs, l(id o 10' id per lb. for choice lots. Calves, bd to 8\1 per 1>\ Pig*— haennor.-t, lOg to 19s 3d per st0;e pcrker<.10s6. to lis fed per score; sows, 8* per score, 'there WfM large ai tendance, and a brisk trade for top qualities of all kinds and at the do e of the bl1,ille8S a larg* quantity of sliety> and lambs changed hands, but n clearance was not effected. MORM<X'TH. Monday.—The annual" mop fair took place at Chlppwnh.iin, Monmouth, on Alondav. AM P W, thwts wi&« a good supply of all classes of atuj in the market, and the auctioneers, Messrs Neime £ and Poole and Dampier and Wigmore, carri donO brisk ale. Quotation* were aa followsi-at tn-nit, frota £ 11 to £ 25 Os; the est fmated average priee net lb. was 6d to td. Calve<, froln e14 to BIS, or about 3d to 9d per Ib, There was a bad trade in store cattle, yearlings fetching from £3 10s to So, and two-year- olds £5 to fiS. Sheep—fat wethers out of t he wool, 84 to 3Vcd per lb. ewes, 7'Ad to 8d lamb, 1<%d per lbe Pig.i—wesne s, 15s to xl Is. Horses very scarce^* good strong carter* realised £40 to £[0 cobs, froze £ 25 to £ 35. The usual attractions, in the shape oi roundabout*, switchback railway, shooting galleries. &c., were, of coursa, largely patronised by the younf folks from the country. NEWPORT; W&inesday.—There was a good average supply of sheet?, lambs, pud calves, but of beef The quantity Itn off** was smaller than usual The ati ond- ance was good, and trade was moderate. Best beef, 6V-d i secondary softs, 5^d to 6d veal 7,t to 7U>d mutton—-ia wool 8d shorn. 7d to 7»/4d larch, 9d <* S^i-d per lb. Porker pigs sc.ld at 10s 6d to lis per scores PROV13!»,VS. MONMOUTH WEEKLY .PROVISION MARKET. Saturday, -There was a good eupply in all departments at ott mluket to-day although trade generallv was dull Quotations .—Fresh butter, Is 2d to Is 3d "per III hen eggs. 17 and 18 for 15; fowls, 5s to 6s 6IL per eouple; chickens, 6a per couple. Butcher meat (prime joints) Beef, 7y2d to 8a pat Ib,; mutton, 7Ud to 8dper lb.; veal, "%d to 8% per lb.; porlt 7d to 8y2a per lb. lamb, 9'/2cl td iOd poi-"lb. Fis&- —balmon, Is 9d per lb. turboi, IOd to Is per lb. I sole<, Is 3d to Is 6d per lb. plaice, 6d per lb oysters 12 for Is. CHEESE. CARMARTHEN, Saturday.—The supply of cheese wat large, and nearly the whole wos sold iiJs to Zos pet c'.vt. was paid for all best dairies. NEWPORT, Wednesday.—There was A good pitch ol produce, aud, business being brisk, a clearance wai effected. Caerphilly qualities, 53s to 65s Cheddars, 63s to 65s single Gloucester-40s to 45s double Gloucester; 56s per i wt. BUTTF.lt CARMARTHEN, Saturday.—'lite market was largely attended by both farmers and merchants. The inquiry for batter has improved. Tlie price was firm, at Iron lid to 111,td per lb.